Blood and Sand

Dilshad Rasool Kasana Lecturer, Govt. Associate College Shahkot, Nankana Sahib

Chatnar 7th Edition, Issue 7, Vol. 7, Jan.-Dec. 2023

Keywords: Culturre, Society, Novel, Mother Language, Researcher

Abstract:

A civilized society is the interpolation of good values in a cultured society. Language and Literature are the source of enlightenment for the whole of humanity. This research will emphasize all the aspects of prose and criticism rendered by Saleem Khan Gimmi in Punjabi Novel. Because through the mother language, the emotions and inclinations of people can be fully judged. Saleem Khan Gimmi was in real terms a soldier on march which is what his name means. It is acomprehensive and critical study of his experience, culture, landscape and its pictorial quality of Punjab (Eastern and Western). In this article the researcher has made an effort to go analytically through Ratt Tay Raita (Blood and Sand) and bring these salient characteristics to the light.

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6. Ibid, P:6

7. Ibid, P:73

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